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Sept. 2, 1930. H. s. BARNES FIGURE TOY Filed Jan. 26, 1929 we d, SW;1930 -Th'e' invention 1a'e'sttd' gure tray an: more "particularlytoaftoy' of thiskind of'a.

walking t pa. and =it1'is an object, of the ventio'n to construct suchatoy in "a n anner whereby it may'beeasily handled by a child;Furthermore; it is an object of inven tion'to' providea device of-thiskind comprising a body portion-having legs associated therewith, the'inountin'gfof said legsbeing such thativhen thetoyfis causedto traverseover a suitable surface the I legs willalter} I figuration and designnately advance'one' beyond theother'insimu lation of walking. .7 a v I'1 Another object of the inventioni's" topro vide a device of this kindcomprising a body member having assoeiatedtherewith a :p'air foflegs'to'g ether Wit-ha yielding and cOntfactile meansfor holdingsaidlegs in desired relati'on with respect to the body-member and Tin amanneriwhereby, Whenthe toy-is traversing overa desired surface; 1 saidlegswill I alternately advance 1n slmu'lation of'astepp1ngact1on with.the advancing'leg movnig clear of the secondleg.

The invention consi ts in the details of con struction and in'thefcombination and arrange severalparts of myimproved figure toy wherebycertain important advan ment of the tages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive'and otherwise-moreconvenient andadvantageous for use,; as Will be hereinafter Inorefully set forth. I

' The novel'featuresof my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed;-

In order that my invention may bethe'bet- 'ter' understoodfl Will nowproceed to describe the same with reference :to thefaoeompany ingdrawing; wherein j Y Figure 1 is a view inside elevation of a toyeonstriicted'in aecordancewithan embodiment of my invention; a

Figure 2 is, a fragmentary View in rear elevation and on an enlargedscale of the C6114 I tral portion ofthe toyas illustrated in Figure I land particularly illustratingthe'mounting ofathe legs w th respect tothe body member together with the means 'Figure3. is a sectional viewtaken'substam tially on the line 3-i3fof Figure I yapin eann met -na 26;lega body member 1 for effecting an al-T ternateadvance movementof thelegs ;v

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'view' Wit-l1 portions in elevation: a d ti I of the pos tions. a'sf'illustrating one Figure 5 is asection tially on the line 5''5 of Figure4 'Figure 6 is'a fragmentary vlew "section andpartlyin top planillustrating. a

v sumed by a leg When advancing; y

al View taken substan slightlymodified' "form; of. invention.

Asdisclosed in the accolnp anyingdraw.-

ing, 1 denotes a body member of desired con and'w hich has rigidly se'curedto the upper vportion thereof a rear:

Wardly disposed: lower'portion of thebo reartvardly' of 1 its; ho thetoyis inuse, is 'ing 3 through which [elongated I contractile closed asan elasti'c'cord. 1

Ovcrlying the opposite faces I I member lat the "lowerportion-thereofare;

handle ine1nber'.2.- The dymember 1, atapointn nkrnnnsynvhnij-ignssrenon To H RLES nonri "Fig'nre e is a fragmentaryvertical sectional partly in' f rizontal center, vwhen I a provided withan] open.-

is freely disposed fan member 4' herein dis? I I of the body.

the" upper portionsfofthe elongated i-rigid legs ,5. member ing portionsof cu'redthereto, as at 6. to normally maintain 'of the legs 5iin closecont'act with the oppo'' -.sitei faces of the body ting each of said--1egs The opposite end portions 4; are disposed through said 1overlythe legs 5 and suitably of the This member 1' serves I theoverlying portions member 1 yet permit-i to readily. swing out-'- 1 I vWardly withrespect t'ofsaid-bodymember 1 as clearlyillustrated in Figure4e lofthe draw- 'ing j In the present embodiment of lnyfinventiontheopp'osed faces of the legs 15 in rela tivelyeloseproximity to thelower end of the I r -are provided' Withthe recesses, or pockets '7 eachof whi ch being bridged by "a bar 8 disposed lengthivise'in adirection'lo'n gitudinally of the leg. The"bars"8 Iprovide' 1 theopposite end por f 9 interposed between pivotalmountings for tlons of arigid bar {sireddistance above "the legs 5, and which bar is the lowerend portion of a shanklO dependingfrom the bodymem positioned a deberlat apoint substantially in alignment lengthwise of thebodymemberLWith'the opening 3 hereinbefore referred to: In prac-- tice, =thehandle member- 2 is-graspedland7-1 manipulatedin a manner to bring theouter or freeend portion of one of the legs in contactvvitli the surfaceto be traversed, and

as slight push is imposed upon the body memher 1 through the mediumofthe handle memher 2, said leg willzrock forwardly upon said lower endand. at. thesame timethe shank will b'ebrought into-contactfrom the rearI with the barf), forcing the second leg fOr-- Will also cause thesecondleg wardly, and theswinging moyement'of said-- ibarf9 wv1threspect to the first named leg to swing outwardly thereby assuring therequisite ad- Vance of the second legwithout coming into 7 contactwitnthe first leg.v As this second leg c 5 is inove d-underthe influenceo-f-the shank '10, the memberel will befpurt under increased tensionandust as soon as the bar'swlngs pastits critical center the contraction orthe member 4 will result in the second leg being thrown forwardto itsfull extent for conv tact'with the surface :ata point in advance ofthefirst leg. [:During! this action oft-he second legthc tension ofthemember 4 also operates to maintain the lapping upper por tlon 0f the legconstantlyin close contactwiththe ad acent face or thebody mem- 'ber 1,thus avoiding theIpossi-bility of the free end portions o1 both of thelegs coming into contact with; the surface except when I said legsaresu-bstantiallyside by side and v underwlnchconditionsthe efiicacy oithe toy will be minimized; V L 1 Totac'ilitate therequisite;contactofthe outer end port-iono'feach of thelegs 5 with the surfaceover which it is traveling, I find it of adyantage to provide said outerextreniitywith a foot or pad 11 of rubber or other desired material :Inthe embodiment of the invention as illustrated; in- Figure 6, the legs 5areconnec-ted bya bar 9',sa1d bar having disposed lengthw1se thereof avslot12 of desired length and through whichthe shank 10 is adapted to bedirected. 'By the useofthis type of bar 7 the legs maybe causedtosimulate walking uponmovementof the toy either forwardly or vrearwardly.

From the foregoing description it is thoughtto be obvious that a figuretoy constructed 'in accordance with my lnvention 1s particularly welladapted for useby reason v of'the convenience and facility'with which itmay be assembled and opera-tech-and it will tible of some change andmodification withlso be, obvious that my invention is suscep outdeparting from the principles and spirit prising a body member, a pairof legs having end portions lapping a marginal portion of the bodymember, a contractile member to the legs, and a shank carried by thebody member for contactwith the'bar, said shank slidably engaging saidbar whereby to swing the legs outwardly, and forwardly.

2. A device or" the character described comprising a body member, a pairof legs having end portions lapping a marginal portion of the bodymember, a contractile member connecting said lapping portions of thelegs and disposed through the body member, a bar interposed between andfreely connected to the legs, a shank carried by the'body member for'contactwith the bar, and alroperating handle member connected to thebody memher, said shank slidably engaging saidzbar whereby to swing thelegs outwardly andfor- Wardly. Y a V 3. A device 'ofthe characterdescribed comprising ahody member, a pair of legs having end portionslapping a marginal'portion of the body, a contractile member connectingsaid lapping portions of thelegs and disposed through the body member, abar interposed between and freely connected to the legs, and ashankcarried by the body member for Contact with the bar, thecontractile member providing the only means for holding the legs to thebody member, said shank slidably engaging said bar whereby to swingthe'legs outwardly and forwardly,

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. v HAROLD S. BARNES,

